AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton has filed an amicus letter brief in the Texas Supreme Court to stop an unlawful charter amendment from being placed on the ballots of San Antonio, Texas voters in the upcoming May 2023 municipal general election. The letter brief was filed in support of the Texas Alliance for […]
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Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Demand Response from National Archives on Harassment of Pro-Life Visitors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, wrote a bicameral letter to National Archives and Records Administration acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall urging […]
Child Sex Offender Receives 25-Year Prison Sentence Due to Efforts by Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division
AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division has obtained a 25-year prison sentence for a child sex offender in Wharton, Texas. Assistant Attorney General Geoff Barr prosecuted the case on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General and the State of Texas. Artemio Rodriguez, Jr. pleaded “guilty” to one […]
Paxton Denounces Biden’s Unconstitutional Call for the Banning of Certain Firearms Used Every Day by Law-Abiding Americans
Attorney General Paxton has joined a Montana-led letter to President Biden condemning his unconstitutional decision to call for an “assault weapons” ban during his State of the Union Address. Joe Biden has shown an alarming disregard for the Constitution throughout […]
Fairfield Lake State Park to Close Permanently Feb. 28
Land Lease will be Terminated; Public Access to Fairfield Lake to Cease After more than 50 years of public use and outdoor recreation by Texas families, Fairfield Lake State Park will permanently close to the public Feb. 28. Texas Parks […]
Sen. Cruz: The Flying Public Is Stuck with a Self-regulating and Flailing Agency Stuck in the 20th Century
In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on “the Federal Aviation Administration’s NOTAM System Failure and its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) criticized U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s failure to deliver any […]
Texas Prepaid Tuition Program Enrollment Deadline Approaches
Texas families can lock in today’s cost of undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide required fees at Texas public colleges and universities by enrolling their children in the tax-advantaged Texas Tuition Promise Fund® before the close of the current general enrollment […]
MD Anderson receives nearly $19.4 million in CPRIT funding
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was awarded 15 grants totaling $19.38 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) in support of cancer research projects across the institution. “We are grateful for CPRIT’s […]
Fairfield Lake State Park to Close Permanently Feb. 28
Land Lease will be Terminated; Public Access to Fairfield Lake to Cease AUSTIN— After more than 50 years of public use and outdoor recreation by Texas families, Fairfield Lake State Park will permanently close to the public Feb. 28. Texas […]
HHSC Warns Texans About Scammers Targeting Lone Star Cards
AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is receiving an increase in reports of scams targeting clients who use Lone Star Cards and is urging Texans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy […]
